Paterson, N.J., raised some Internet hackles in flying the Palestinian flag above its City Hall — perhaps the first U.S. city to do so — but received no official complaints. For Israel, Philly was first in raising the flag in ’48. More ▸

President Obama’s pre-passover trip to Israel — his first as president of the United States — will be kosher for Passover. The King David Hotel is pushing forward its Passover production schedule to accomodate President Obama’s first visit to Israel while in office. Haaretz blogger Ilene Prusher writes: The entire King David Hotel, where he’ll… More ▸

JEWISH NOBEL LAUREATES: An overall examination of Nobel laureates reflects the state of the world in which they lived. This was especially true for Jewish laureates. Their overrepresentation on lists of Nobel laureates represents far more than a list of impressive Jewish achievements; it evidences the currents of social change in the Jewish world. More ▸